Pen or pencil attachment



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F. DE LUCA.

PEN 0R PENCIL ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FlL ED FEB. 10, 1920.

Pawnted Mar. 29, 1921.

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.2 7 .EaL ma/ entree snares FRANKBE LUCA, OF BOWDENS, NORTH CAROLINA.

PEN OR PENCIL ATTACHMENT.

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T 0 all whom it my concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK DE L UoA, a subject of the King of ltalyresldm at Bowdens, in the county of Duplm and tate Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2%, 31921.

- Application filed February 10, 1920. Serial No. 357,503.

oil 5 being shown herein for the sake of illustration. A resilient sheetmetal clip or other form of clasp 6 is provided on the shank of thepencil 5 and maybe provided of North Carolina, have invented certain\with the usual tongue 7 with a ball or other new and usefulImprovements in Pen or Pencil Attachments, of which the following is aspecification. M

This inventlon relates to certam new and useful improvements in pen orpencil attachments, and is particularly designed to provide an extremelysimple but practical attachment for pens or pencils in the nature of ablade capable of many uses such as pencil sharpening, erasing, envelopopening or the like.

One object of the present Invention 1s to so attach a blade to a pen orpencil as to enable a person to move the same from an inoperative to anoperative position or vice versa whenever desired with but l1ttleexpenditure of time or skill so that the invention may meet with therequlrements of a successful commercial use.

Another object of the invention is to adapt the attachment for use inconnect on with substantially the common form of clips which are now inuse for retaining a pencll in the pocket of a person.

Other objects will appear as the nature of the invention is betterunderstood, and the same consists in the novel form, combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described in connection with theaccom panying drawing.

In the drawing wherein like reference characters indicate correspondingparts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a front elevational new of a pencil with an attachmentembodylng my invention, the pencil belng partly broken away,

F1 2 is a view slmilar to Fig. 1 but showin t e attachment in edgeelevat on,

ig. 3 is a transverse sectional v1ew taken upon line III-III of Fig. 2,

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially upon line IVIVof Fig. 2, and 1 Fig. 5 shows by enlarged fragmentary perspective viewsdetails of the sliding connection provided between the clip and theblade of the present inventlon.

Referring more in detail to the drawlng, the present invention isdeslgned as an attachment to a pen, pencil or the like, a penengaglngmember 8 upon its free end adapted to engage the clothing of a person inthe usual manner for retainin the pencil 5 in a pocket of said clothing.%iowever, it is to be understood that the inventionis not restrictedforuse in connection with clips or wlth clips having means for retaining apenc1l in a person s pocket. To the contrary, 1t 1s simply necessarythat the member 6 provide a support for the blade 7 and be carried bythe shank of the pen or pencil, although the use of the clip 6 inconnection with the blade 7'is considered preferable.

An ear or extension 9 is provided upon the upper end of the clip orclasp 6, and said extension has a transverse pin 10 which projectsinwardly therefrom toward the pencil '5, said pin 10 bein disposed,within the lon- Fig. 1 wherein the blade 7 is out of the way and notliable to injure a person or his clothing. If necessary, the clip 6 maybe offset as at 12 to form a guideway for the blade 7 which ispositioned between the pencil and the clip. The inner and outer ends ofthe slot 10 form stops for limitin the movement of the blade 7 in eitherdirection, and the blade may be of any desired or preferred form toadapt it for special uses if found convenient.

From the foregoing description it is believed that the construction andoperation as well as the advantages of the present invention will bereadily understood and appreciated.

Minor changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope ofthe invention as claimed.

What I claim as new is A device of the class described comprising aresilient sheet metal clip formed to embrace and frictionally engage anarticle so as to be supported by the latter and havin an outwardextension on its outer end, the blade relative to the clip, said cliphava ateral pinrigid with and projecting ining an outwardly offsetcentral uide porwardl from said extension, and a blade 'tion in whichthe blade is slida ly seated 10 provi ed with a longitudinal elongatedslot whereby lateral displacement of the blade into which said pinprojects, whereby the is prevented.

blade and clip are connected for permltting In testimony whereof I aflixm si nature. limited longitudinal sliding movement of FRANK DE? L CA.

